Contents:

• From the director – Mark Blackford
• The one day period phenomenon – Stan Walker
• RY Tuc : A study of the region – Mati Morel
• Z Sag – a hump Mira with a strange colour curve – Stan Walker
• Congarinni observatory – part 3 – Mark Blackford
• The early ejection sequence of classical novae — Carl Knight
• QZ Carinae: update 2017 – Stan Walker and Mark Blackford
• Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers – Mark Blackford
• Publication watch